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In its continual quest for strategic innovation, Duke is now trying something groundbreaking: playing two formations at once.
“This one hurts. This one hurts,” said Duke head coach Robbie Church. “We had them on our field, we were good enough that we should have won the game, we created enough opportunities and enough chances to win the game.”
Duke's match against Virginia at Koskinen Stadium has been rescheduled for Sunday due to the approach of Tropical Storm Ian, per a team release Thursday.
No. 5 Duke survived an early downpour Sunday to drown the 22nd-ranked Wolfpack 6-0 at Dail Soccer Field.
No. 5 Duke took down Boston College 3-0 Thursday evening in Koskinen Stadium in a match that proved that the Blue Devils' greatest defense is their offense.
No. 3 Duke snatched victory from the jaws of a draw Friday with a 1-0 victory at Syracuse, the Blue Devils avoiding what would have been their first winless streak since September 2021.
The third-ranked Blue Devils fell to No. 2 North Carolina 3-0 Thursday, the Tar Heels extending their unbeaten streak at Koskinen Stadium despite playing in front of its second-largest crowd since capacity was expanded in 2015.
When the two teams face off at 8 p.m. Thursday at Koskinen Stadium, Duke not only has an opportunity to affirm Cosme’s declaration but to fundamentally shift the landscape of women’s soccer.
So far this year, while the stat sheets tell a story of two efficient offenses who create and finish good looks at the net, a more broad look at the dynamics of the two teams shows how they’ll challenge each other to be at their best offensively when paired against each other.
The second-ranked Blue Devils came forth as anything but incapable of notching their fifth win of the season Sunday at TCU.
No. 2 Duke suffered its first loss of the season Thursday, taking a 2-1 defeat from No. 3 UCLA at Koskinen Stadium.
One of the comforting things about life is that most of its greatest mysteries will inevitably be solved. “Whatever happened to Amelia Earhart?” “Why is the sky blue?” “When is a door not a door?” Another emerged Thursday night: How did Duke pull off the win?
No. 2 Duke rolled to a win in its home opener Sunday, besting UNC Greensboro 3-1 as junior attacking midfielder Maggie Graham recorded her second-career brace.
The Blue Devils leaned on a stalwart defensive performance and a Ruthie Jones shutout in goal to take down an unflinching Pirate defense and move to 1-0 on the season.
Each of Duke's past two seasons has ended the same: a tough loss in the NCAA quarterfinals, tantalizingly close to a return to the College Cup. This season is not shaping up to be more of the same.
Duke’s season was little short of landmark, a premier season for one of the country’s premier programs.
It took 11 months from the first pick to the last, but now all three of Duke’s super-senior captains are going pro.
The super senior is the first Blue Devil to be drafted in the first round since 2018, and the highest-drafted Duke defender in NWSL history.
It’d been a few years since the Blue Devils had a first-team All-American. For one last mark in her historic season, striker Michelle Cooper changed that.
Two years ago, at Koskinen Stadium, the beleaguered Blue Devils had a signature win against then-No. 19 Santa Clara. Friday night, the Broncos finally got their revenge.